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Post by athanasius80 on Jan 12, 2018 7:28:49 GMT
I just found this on Craigslist and wanted to share it with you guys. I showed it to Travis, he thought it's a rebranded General Electric HE model. If so, it's the elusive belt drive GE. Someone here ought to rescue it.  Chris |
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Post by Travis on Jan 12, 2018 18:49:06 GMT
I've requested better pictures and more of them. I don't recall any active members in that area.
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Post by solarmike on Jan 13, 2018 1:13:53 GMT
I've requested better pictures and more of them. I don't recall any active members in that area. I doubt that they're very many monitor tops on the left cost... |
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Post by Travis on Jan 13, 2018 1:34:52 GMT
There are a surprising number still out there. I do tend to see them more in the Midwest. I attribute that to lower land value and more storage.
Most in California wouldn't have a garage full of precious antiques, the space is too valuable.
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Post by stlvortac on Jan 13, 2018 4:03:55 GMT
Whats the chance it still holds a charge? I think this Hotpoint needs to make a trip to the midwest!
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Post by cablehack on Jan 13, 2018 4:11:04 GMT
The decal shows it to be a CB2 which I think is 1934. It was the cheaper option for those who couldn't afford the hermetic monitor top.
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Post by elec573 on Jan 13, 2018 4:43:46 GMT
Very nice shape it looks great.
It looks very similar an early Westinghouse but they weren’t belt drive.
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Post by Travis on Jan 13, 2018 4:48:42 GMT
I’m working on it.
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Post by cablehack on Jan 13, 2018 5:03:25 GMT
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Post by coldspaces on Jan 13, 2018 6:03:11 GMT
That is a pretty clean looking unit!
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Post by Travis on Jan 13, 2018 23:23:44 GMT
Seems to be the 5 cu ft model.
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Post by ckfan on Jan 14, 2018 0:39:14 GMT
It seems like the compressor is not original. It doesn’t look like the picture that John posted. It looks like a more conventional piston type. Still cool though.
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Post by Travis on Jan 14, 2018 1:41:34 GMT
My guess is that the original was a bad design. The replacement looks old and professionally done.
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Post by jake on Jan 15, 2018 3:43:34 GMT
You're correct, cablecheck, my '49 Hotpoint Book lists unit number CB-2 as a 1933-34 model. Also says the fridge should be model number HP7A & B.
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Post by birkie on Jan 16, 2018 12:24:39 GMT
Out of curiosity, what was the market positioning of the hotpoint brand of that era compared to General Electric? Was it seen as more upmarket than GE, cheaper, or about the same?
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